Selection and Modification of English Formulaic Expressions Depending on Linguistic Environment

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06462
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Tsuchiya Tomoyuki 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 助教 (80759366)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 英語教育 / コーパス言語学 / 定型表現 / メディア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, in order to clarify how English speakers use formulaic expression in various linguistic environments, we collected interactions by face-to-face, telephone and e-mail media and analyzed and considered the collected data. As a result of the analysis, we confirmed that participants use the proper formulaic expression according to the type, role and context of communication, and clarified the morphological features and distribution of the collected formulaic expressions. In addition, for theoretical consideration, the knowledge of "source monitoring" in cognitive science is cited, and we argued that understanding and using fixed expression is related to the memory of the situation in which the expression is used, and that the abstraction of the elements and accompanying attenuation of source memory can explain the continuity with construction.

Free Research Field

コーパス言語学